Granted, I'm sure the $20 to $100 difference is exaggerated
Its not. We got a tub of 250 Mega Blocks for about $22. A 90 piece Duplo set sells for $139 on Amazon.
On the other hand, in addition to a somewhat lower quality, the Mega Blocks have a pretty uninteresting assortment of blocks, while the Duplos come with a bunch of specialty pieces.
Still, if you are going for volume, Mega Blocks is way more economical.
>Why anyone wants Federal control of anything is beyond me.
Yeah, the interstate highway system blows goats. So does the US military. We also need to get rid of all those national parks sucking up prime real estate. And the way the FDA wastes everyones time with all that "inspecting" of the "food supply" for "botulism". And who needs a stable monetary system anyway?
If eating the cheap stuff is roughly as enjoyable as eating the fancy, expensive fish, why are we wasting money and contributing to the overfishing of rare species when common, cheaper fish can provide a similar experience at a lesser environmental cost?
Thats because Jewish organizations play nice with the Boy Scouts. By contrast, similar Unitarian-Universalist emblems have been banned from the Scout uniform.
Probably the best thing they are putting out right now. Microsoft has never focused on it, but they may be beginning to realize its value. If they don't screw it up, Sharepoint could own corporate intranets the way that Google owns the web.
Ubuntu still has its warts. On my box, the latest installation hangs in the middle, no good error messages. What the heck am I supposed to do about that?
Previous versions worked fine... it just goes to show that you should never, ever, upgrade.
My XO developed a crack on the LCD after less than a day of normal use. I've been trying to get it replaced under warranty, but have yet to actually talk to a human. At this point, I would be happy to just go and buy the replacement LCD and put it in myself, but I've searched extensively and you just can't get spare parts for this thing....
XML is unglamorous and uninteresting, but you need to understand it. Its widely used in configuration files, and its the most common format for passing data around on the wire.
We recently hired someone right out of a CS program who had never used XML, and our company had to send him to training for that. Seemed kind of silly to me that XML wasn't included in the cannon of Basic Software Development Literacy which all students must be taught.
I sort by the color on the spine of the book. The blues go with the blues, which merge into the greens which merge into the yellows, then oranges and reds. It makes an awesome rainbow pattern on my bookshelf.
I drive a hybrid, and its not because of the environmental benefits. While I appreciate that it pollutes less and reduces reliance on foreign oil, my primary motivation is that I am a cheap bastard. I ran the math and the payback period on my car is under 5 years. Given that I'll probably own the car for 8 or 9 years, this was pretty simple economic choice for me.
I feel the same way about solar panels. I'd love to get some for my house, but I'm not going to do it until its cheaper then buying electricity from the utility.
Really, its all about conservation of resources. Conserving gasoline is a good thing, but ultimately the resource I am interested in conserving is my paycheck.
I find the momentum conserved by coasting far outweighs the benefit of having the battery recharged. Most of the time my battery is pretty well charged anyway.
I drive an '03 Civic Hybrid.... it might be different with the Prius, that drive train is actually quite a bit different than the Honda's.
I do generally get mileage in the ballpark of my EPA ratings... high 40s, and occasionally a tank of 50+. The one thing that really kills my mileage is rain. Wet roads cause a lot of drag on the tires.
And the accompanying fear-mongering only enhances the probability of such attacks in the future.
Still, in terms of number of lives saved, the resources would be better spent on educating kids about things like basic traffic safety, good nutritional habits, and not sniffing paint.
Given that electricity is fungible, even if yours comes from a relatively clean source such as hydropower, its still being offset someplace by another powerplant burning extra coal to keep up with the increased demand.
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Pay phones cost 50 cents these days.
Granted, I'm sure the $20 to $100 difference is exaggerated
Its not. We got a tub of 250 Mega Blocks for about $22. A 90 piece Duplo set sells for $139 on Amazon.
On the other hand, in addition to a somewhat lower quality, the Mega Blocks have a pretty uninteresting assortment of blocks, while the Duplos come with a bunch of specialty pieces.
Still, if you are going for volume, Mega Blocks is way more economical.
The dutch actually have a long history of ugly modernist coinage.
I think putting a nuclear reactor in an S-10 is a little much. If you are going to have a nuclear powered truck, I'd go with at least an F-150.
>Why anyone wants Federal control of anything is beyond me.
Yeah, the interstate highway system blows goats. So does the US military. We also need to get rid of all those national parks sucking up prime real estate. And the way the FDA wastes everyones time with all that "inspecting" of the "food supply" for "botulism". And who needs a stable monetary system anyway?
If eating the cheap stuff is roughly as enjoyable as eating the fancy, expensive fish, why are we wasting money and contributing to the overfishing of rare species when common, cheaper fish can provide a similar experience at a lesser environmental cost?
In Honolulu, they make it with Spam.
> If you want it so bad you pay for it and leave the rest of us alone.
Please name a functional society that actually works like that. Stone age tribes don't count.
Thats because Jewish organizations play nice with the Boy Scouts. By contrast, similar Unitarian-Universalist emblems have been banned from the Scout uniform.
I absolutely agree. I only hope they get their heads out of their asses by the time my son is old enough to join.
Probably the best thing they are putting out right now. Microsoft has never focused on it, but they may be beginning to realize its value. If they don't screw it up, Sharepoint could own corporate intranets the way that Google owns the web.
Ubuntu still has its warts. On my box, the latest installation hangs in the middle, no good error messages. What the heck am I supposed to do about that?
Previous versions worked fine... it just goes to show that you should never, ever, upgrade.
That planet better get off my lawn!
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> So just how DO you get a bash prompt to appear on a Windows box?
Cygwin, obviously.
They would get massive publicity and widespread fame.
>The /. crowd seems to hate Notes with a passion and so it is very difficult for someone to admit that Notes does some things VERY well.
I will admit no such thing. I'm forced to use Notes at work, I've never seen it do anything well...
My XO developed a crack on the LCD after less than a day of normal use. I've been trying to get it replaced under warranty, but have yet to actually talk to a human. At this point, I would be happy to just go and buy the replacement LCD and put it in myself, but I've searched extensively and you just can't get spare parts for this thing....
XML is unglamorous and uninteresting, but you need to understand it. Its widely used in configuration files, and its the most common format for passing data around on the wire.
We recently hired someone right out of a CS program who had never used XML, and our company had to send him to training for that. Seemed kind of silly to me that XML wasn't included in the cannon of Basic Software Development Literacy which all students must be taught.
I sort by the color on the spine of the book. The blues go with the blues, which merge into the greens which merge into the yellows, then oranges and reds. It makes an awesome rainbow pattern on my bookshelf.
This is an alien virus sent to kill us all.
I drive a hybrid, and its not because of the environmental benefits. While I appreciate that it pollutes less and reduces reliance on foreign oil, my primary motivation is that I am a cheap bastard. I ran the math and the payback period on my car is under 5 years. Given that I'll probably own the car for 8 or 9 years, this was pretty simple economic choice for me.
I feel the same way about solar panels. I'd love to get some for my house, but I'm not going to do it until its cheaper then buying electricity from the utility.
Really, its all about conservation of resources. Conserving gasoline is a good thing, but ultimately the resource I am interested in conserving is my paycheck.
I find the momentum conserved by coasting far outweighs the benefit of having the battery recharged. Most of the time my battery is pretty well charged anyway.
I drive an '03 Civic Hybrid.... it might be different with the Prius, that drive train is actually quite a bit different than the Honda's.
I do generally get mileage in the ballpark of my EPA ratings... high 40s, and occasionally a tank of 50+. The one thing that really kills my mileage is rain. Wet roads cause a lot of drag on the tires.
And the accompanying fear-mongering only enhances the probability of such attacks in the future.
Still, in terms of number of lives saved, the resources would be better spent on educating kids about things like basic traffic safety, good nutritional habits, and not sniffing paint.
If they are going to give out computers, I think making low cost desktops available for home use would be a far more efficient use of resources.
Given that electricity is fungible, even if yours comes from a relatively clean source such as hydropower, its still being offset someplace by another powerplant burning extra coal to keep up with the increased demand.